“The souls that died there… were never meant to be found,” continued Lian.
“They were criminals and prisoners. Fae from all different clans that had been judged as irredeemable,” Solana added.
“We didn’t know that those spirits still clung to life. We assumed they had rejoined the ley lines like all are meant to do,” said Talis. “But when the chamber was opened, we felt them, and so did Irina. We don’t know exactly what happened, only that something changed her the day she found the tree.”
Ashleigh remembered Alpha Cain’s journal and how he had said that Luna Irina acted differently after they found the chamber.
“I went to her sometime later. I told her to keep Cain away from the chamber at all costs,” Talis continued, looking away sadly. “I didn’t realize then that she had already been infected with the Dark Queen’s energy.”
Ashleigh thought of the journal entry that talked about Irina having attacked Cain.
